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have said their bit, now it's your turn:

your suggestions for my painting are very very helpful. I really appreciate it. I can't wait to try to use them when I start working on this again. and your right....painting my husband, not such a good idea!! HAHA. Thanks again!

Josh – an old Zen saying; 'logic will bring you to the ocean’s shore, only intuition can carry you across'. Sometimes one has to blindly leap to reach the other side. I’ve done quite a bit of leaping in my day; it’s my experience that one regrets missed chances more than chances taken.

You’re welcome, Milly. Very brave of you to ask for constructive criticism. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Tammie – Regularly leaping is good for the soul. It reminds me of one of my favorite book openings (Moby Dick): ‘Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.’When I feel like that I usually end up giving away everything I own and move to some place far distant from the one I’m at the time occupying . . . I think you know what I’m taking about.

Owl Eng and get zapped: Glad you liked the drawing. I'm into details, I get lost in them. I also love the concept of paths and roads. I remember when I was a teacher I once walked into an empty classroom and someone had written on the blackboard; ’Everything is in motion, we’re all going somewhere.’ Paths are always going somewhere.

Capt. S.It’s a little bit difficult to put a time-frame on this particular drawing. This was a Christmas gift for the wife. Trying to keep it a secret, I would draw like crazy every time she left the room, even if it was a trip to the kitchen for a snack. Time sort of goes out the window for me when I’m in the creative mode, but if I were to hang a number on it I think I’d say I put in around twenty or thirty hours or so.

I really enjoy being ‘behind the scenes’ myself, whether it’s visual art or music or whatever, so I try to reciprocate and do the same. As such you might want to take a look at this post as well: http://sonofincog.blogspot.com/1999/05/blog-post.html